ב"ה
Shemot 5763 - December 27, 2002
Moses' Mother
Somewhere there is a boundary, a line that separates the near from the far, the within from the without. If you can straddle that line, if you can stand with one foot inside and the other foot outside, you can be both
Somewhere there is a boundary, a line that separates the near from the far, the within from the without. If you can straddle that line, if you can stand with one foot inside and the other foot outside, you can be both
Parshah
Shemot in a Nutshell
Pharaoh enslaves the Hebrews, and orders all male babies killed. Moses is born, placed in a basket on the Nile, and discovered and raised by Batyah, Pharaoh’s daughter. Moses leaves the palace and discovers his brethren’s hardship. G‑d appears to him in a burning bush, and sends him to advocate for the Israelites’ freedom.
Pharaoh enslaves the Hebrews, and orders all male babies killed. Moses is born, placed in a basket on the Nile, and discovered and raised by Batyah, Pharaoh’s daughter. Moses leaves the palace and discovers his brethren’s hardship. G‑d appears to him in a burning bush, and sends him to advocate for the Israelites’ freedom.
Relationships
Responses to “A Dialogue on Intermarriage”
We got hundreds of e-mails with questions, criticisms and compliments, and requests for "the ending" of this captivating human drama. Some of them were too good not to publish...
We got hundreds of e-mails with questions, criticisms and compliments, and requests for "the ending" of this captivating human drama. Some of them were too good not to publish...
Freud’s Great Freudian Slip
It appears in his last book, Moses and Monotheism, a strange work if ever there was one. It was published in 1939, by which time Freud had taken refuge in Britain . . .
It appears in his last book, Moses and Monotheism, a strange work if ever there was one. It was published in 1939, by which time Freud had taken refuge in Britain . . .
Parenting
Who Needs all those Parenting Seminars, Anyway?
If you wanted to play tennis, would you play with a person who plays worse than you, or with a person who plays better than you?
If you wanted to play tennis, would you play with a person who plays worse than you, or with a person who plays better than you?
Story
The Fork in the Road
Between Vilna and Mezeritch... The ascent of the tzaddik... The physical world according to Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi... The longer shorter way... Readings for Tevet 24
Between Vilna and Mezeritch... The ascent of the tzaddik... The physical world according to Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi... The longer shorter way... Readings for Tevet 24
"And you shall overlay [the Ark] with pure gold, inside and outside" (Exodus 25:11). This is to teach us that any Torah scholar whose inside is not like his outside is no Torah scholar.
— Talmud, Yoma 72b
Print Magazine
It’s G-d’s world. Everything He gives is good, the sweetest good.
But it is often a good far too great for us to understand. We imagine it is not good, because that’s the only way to make sense of it with our small minds.
Yet the truth is, He gives us all the good we can handle. If we could take more, He would g...
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